Child Labor in the Global Economy

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Understanding sibling differences in child labor (2006, background): “However, child labor is most prevalent in the world’s poorest nations (Edmonds and Pavcnik 2005), and households in these countries consume a significant quantity of non-traded, home produced goods (Locay 1990).”
Child Labor and Household Wealth: Theory and Empirical Evidence of an Inverted-U (2007, unknown): “In the light of Lemma 1, we can solve the household’s problem by using the first line of (9) to represent u and deriving the first-order condition.”
The “Bad Labor” Footprint: Quantifying the Social Impacts of Globalization (2014, background): “Just like in subsistence farming, a large part of children involved in production are unpaid family workers that could be involved in informal subsistence activities and in housework activities that do not contribute economically to the household [73,74].”
Assessing the validity of impact pathways for child labour and well-being in social life cycle assessment (2009, background): “…on children from work, which in many respects are characterised as positive, may be the development of discipline, responsibility, self-confidence and independence; teaching children how to manage money and providing the child with working skills (Fassa et al. 2000; Edmonds and Pavcnik 2003).”